The main ingredient in the dipping sauce was her secret soy sauce, with a little chopped spring onion and a bit of garlic paste for a fresh, sweet flavor. It was perfect for dipping seafood.
Wei Jinyi looked at the small plate with, who knows what, in front of him and his brow furrowed even tighter.
Seeing that Wei Jinyi was hesitant to move his chopsticks, Wei Ruo used clean chopsticks to take out a piece of fish and put it on the plate in front of Wei Jinyi, wrapped it in dipping sauce and then asked Wei Jinyi to try it.
"Second brother, try it, it is really good. I will not lie to you."
Under Wei Ruo's repeated urging and expectant gaze, Wei Jinyi, who was trying to cope with Wei Ruo, finally moved his chopsticks.
After taking a small piece and putting it into the mouth, he tentatively and slowly chewed twice.
A few moments later, Wei Jinyi suddenly coughed violently.
Wei Ruo quickly poured water: "Slow down, drink some water.”
Wei Jinyi drank a glass of water. He still could not stop coughing, and Wei Ruo helped pat his back.
After a while, Wei Jinyi finally recovered.
His face was flushed from the cough, and two flushes fell on his fair skin, making him look a little more refreshed.
Wei Jinyi put down his chopsticks: "You guys can eat."
This…… was awkward……
"Why don't you try it again? The choking earlier should just be an accident, you'll find out how wonderful it is if you try it a few more times."
"No need." Wei Jinyi also refused sternly, this time in a very firm manner, without any hesitation.
The atmosphere suddenly became a bit awkward.
Without further ado, Wei Jinyi stood up and returned to the house expressionlessly, leaving Wei Ruo, Xiumei, and Xiaobei behind.
Xiaobei explained awkwardly to Wei Ruo: "Miss, don't worry. My young master usually eats rather lightly seasoned food and cannot eat a lot.”
"It's because I didn't think carefully, next time I'll get him something else delicious." Wei Ruo said.
Would there be a next time? Xiaobei's eyes widened.
In the end, it was Wei Ruo and Xiumei who ate most of the pot. They were so full that they could not eat any more, so they had to leave some leftovers.
Wei Ruo rubbed her belly and left Xiumei to clean up the mess after the meal. She then went back to Tingsong Garden and brought a roll of paper, and put it in Wei Jinyi's pile of writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones.
Only after Wei Ruo had returned, Wei Jinyi came out of his room again, put his books, ink, paper and inkstone back on the stone table and resumed reading and writing.
After everything was put back on the stone table, Wei Jinyi also saw a roll of paper inside that did not belong to him.
After unfolding, the cold white, smooth and delicate paper was obviously different from the other papers on Wei Jinyi's desk.
"Where did this paper come from?
"Oh, it seems that the eldest young lady brought this over. She said it was an apology gift for you."
“This is a paper from Sibaozhai.” Wei Jinyi's gaze at the paper also deepened.
"Sibaozhai? Isn't that the same paper that the master had given to the young master before? I remember the master saying that it was a gift from a colleague, and that there were only ten sheets of paper in total. He gave you and the eldest young master five sheets each.
I also heard that the eldest young master used the paper and thought it was particularly good, so he wanted to ask someone to buy it. But the Sibaozhai was in Huzhou Prefecture, so it was too far away to buy it. Then how did the eldest young lady get this paper?" Xiaobei was amazed.